GRE Word List
PENDULOUS
poised without visible support
The meaning of the word pendulous is poised without visible support.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| decapitate | to cut off the head of : behead |
| predecessor | one that precedes |
| slight | having a slim or delicate build : not stout or massive in body |
| pervasive | existing in or spreading through every part of something |
| hue_and_cry | outcry; loud cry or clamor; strong protest; Ex. hue and cry against the new rule |
| catechism | oral instruction |
| acute | characterized by sharpness or severity of sudden onset |
| lag | one that lags or is last |
| quail | any of numerous small gallinaceous birds: such as |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |